Rip City Bad Boys

Episode 39! MIA Heat are not gods. Kielen moved. Bets will be paid! Drummond returns! Poor coaching and management decisions. Trade Greg Monroe, REALLY? Building your franchise legacy. DET is the worst in the NBA. Committing to your young talent. Is Stotts the answer? Don't allow yourself to be punched. East/West Matchup of the Week. Enjoy!

Episode 38! Tristan is struggling. We have our big break on Sportlandia! Our media day adventures! Today is Pistons vs. Blazers! We talk jump shooting teams. Studio drilling. Can Detroit embrace their youth movement? Will the Blazers improve their draft position or chase the 8th seed? The bet stands! Is MIA the best there is? We talk Eastern Conference playoff contenders. Can the Western Conference champion take out MIA? Die-hard fans vs. Bandwagoners. Enjoy!

Episode 37! Tristan and Kielen destroy themselves. The Pistons are coming to Portland! Jordan is horrible at basketball teams. We give shout outs and make pledges. Detroit tanking. ROY chances. Portland gives one away and gets a big one back. Blazer fan butt clenching. We get our big break on Friday March 15th, 2013 when we appear on Sportlandia (http://sportlandiatv.com/) @ 9AM PST & Funemployment Radio (http://funemploymentradio.com) @ 12PM PST! Enjoy!

Episode 36! Laker haters; Aldridge not taking command; NBA bad calls. You don't have to like Metta World Peace. The Rose Garden Experience. True Fan Proximity/Tenure? 2000 Blazers team talk is ended. Enjoy!

Episode 35! Drummond is out. Darko's Lament. Draft day mistakes. Spurs BS Injuries. Portland's bench is unacceptable. Defending hot scorers. Free Throws don't matter. Fan gripes. Will the Pistons commit to their youth movement? All-star coverage? Enjoy!

Episode 34! Pistons make a trade! Grizzlies get the worst of it. Kielen spends the show eating into the mic (sorry). MEM's chances going forward. Young player learning curves. Portland's coming from behind. Defense wins championships…at least try. Aldridge lacks fire. Kielen can be professional. East/West Matchup of the Week. "Rip City Bad Boys: Nobody's hiring us to do sh*t." Enjoy!

Episode 33! Early season starts. All-star snub. Fixing all-star voting. NBA All-Star Adjectives. No one likes Milwaukee. DET's lack of a long term plan. Potential…useless. Why hate the Lakers? Blazer fan poll. Enjoy!

Episode 32! Scott Dally (geekinthecity.com) joins the show! We standardize names. New bench for Portland? You need role-players. NBA world expansion. The league hates Detroit. It's all Duckworth's fault. Laimbeer is awesome. East/West Match-up of the Week. Enjoy!

Episode 31! Hungover. Free drinks in Portland. The Pistons are playing sparsely. Still, no one cares about Milwaukee. Good defenses. Blazers need backups. Kielen hates color commentators. All-time best players. Seattle borrows a team. People need filters. East/West Matchup of the Week. Enjoy!

Episode 30! Our teams are playing well. Your app is too slow. F**k NBA All-Star Fan Voting All-Star games are ridiculous. Milwaukee is boring. The Lakers can't be fixed. Joe Johnson destroys Paul Pierce. Enjoy!

Episode 29! The last show of 2012. We are joined by Scott Dally (Geek in the City Radio - http://geekinthecity.com). The Pistons beat the Heat. The Blazers do not beat the Lakers. Detroit's 2nd unit is phenomenal. Portland has the good stuff for average players. NBA defensive rotations suck. End of year grades are presented. Portland's needs to build a contender. East/West Matchup of the Week. Happy New Year! Enjoy!

Episode 28! The Pistons' season is over. Rodney Stuckey is horrible. We talk shooting percentages. Changes in Pistonland. Blazers look good! JJ Hickson getting it done. Behavioral issues. NBA officials are not infallible. East/West Matchup of the Week. Enjoy!

Episode 27! New Orleans wants to ruin their team name. We ridicule team names/mascots. The Pistons show improvement. The Blazers also show promise. We are largely ineffective today. Arena proximity talk. Upcoming games for both teams. Kielen: Rose Garden Troll. Enjoy!

Episode 26! You know what it is! Portland Trailblazers vs Detroit Pistons Game 1! Why DET attendance is down. San Antonio punks the Miami Heat AND the NBA. Blazers update. Game day audio. Enjoy!

Episode 25! We love Rasheed. Celebration and taunting are not the same. "Little ass boy." Scapegoating. More Raymond Felton talk! Blazers bench troubles. Pistons offense with/without Stuckey. Kielen is off the Stuckey Train. Joe Dumars FAIL. Batum is stepping up. Top-heavy West or Parity in the East? We almost forget Pistons vs Blazers. Happy Thanksgiving!

Episode 24! The Pistons are 0-6 and the laughing stock of the NBA. NBA Coaching Retreads. Blazers up and down to start. NBA early season performances. Surprise teams? Expected Powerhouses? Would you rather have a team that's exciting and fails or boring and wins? GMs…Pay your winners! Competing Markets: LA/NY. Enjoy!

Episode 23! The season begins….Kielen is NOT happy. Drummond should be starting. Lillard looks good so far. Will Batum be consistent? Hack-A-Whoever DOES NOT WORK. Alvin Gentry is a terrible coach. Kielen is racist. East/West Matchup of the Week. Enjoy!

Episode 22! We discuss what we've seen so far in the pre-season and what we expect from our young players to start this season. Who can you expect, or not expect, to beat in the playoffs? Warriors Talk with Kielen King & Tristan Mayer. New championship rules & championship shortcuts. We talk too much. Enjoy!

Episode 21! We discuss how the NBA can better cater to its diehard fan-base. Shout outs to Wolves Explosion (http://thesportsstuff.com/) & That Basketball Show (http://thatbasketballshowpodcast.podbean.com/). We recap the 1st two pre-season games for the Blazers and Pistons. We end up talking when players should be validated for HOF and/or jersey retirement discussions. Enjoy!

Episode 20! We're on for season two! We talk about how to give your friends crap for liking other teams, off-season changes for both teams, how to embrace your team's a**hole, & prediction for the season. …Also, Tristan punches people in the junk. Enjoy!